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A. W.` AVERY.

CAR CO''PLING.

No. 283,743. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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nuria:` STATES ASHER WV. AVERY, OF VERNDALE, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ENOGH L. INGALLS, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-eolienne.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.` 283,743, dated August 28, 1883.

Application illcd September 30, 1882. (No model.)

T0 all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, AsHER W. AVERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vern-` dale, in the county of Wadena and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Car-Couplers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in what are commonly known in the trade as automatic carcouplers7 for railroad rollingstock, the nature of which will be fully eX- plained in the following speciiication and the drawings annexed, which form part of the same.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my improved automatic car-coupler. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the lower half of the car-coupler, showing the working parts.

In each of the views similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.

A represents the bumper-head, and B the draw-bar, which is shown formed with a head, b, setting into a seat, a, formed equally in each half A A2 of the bumper-head A.V The two halves A A2 of the bumper-head are each formed with flanges A3 A3, perforated with holes a for the passage of screw-bolts.

In the center of the bumper-head Ais a.

cavity, O, formed equally in each half A A2. In the rear of this cavity is pivoted acrossbar, D, to which is hinged a pair of levers, D D2, each of which is borne against by means of spiral or other suitable springs, E E, one end of each of-which sits in a suitably-formed seat, e, in its respective half of the bumperhead A, while its opposite end rests against one of the pair of levers D D2.

F is a bell-shaped mouth formed in the front of the bumper-head A, adapted to guide the coupling-link G, which is held in a correspondingly-formed or other suitably-constructed bumper-head, A, of an adjoining car. When it is desired to couple a pair of cars together, a link, G, is inserted into the bumper-head of one car, and it will be there held until the two cars come together, when the end of the link G which is free will, when the cars come together, slide up the inclined surface of the bell-shaped mouth F of the bumper-head A of the adjoining car, when it will come against the forward inclined ends, d, of the levers D D, and cause the same to open. It will then be further pushed in, vand its loop g will fall behind the claws or hooks d,for1ned on theY levers D D2, which will immediately close and retain the link.

The levers D D2 are prevented from coming close together by means of stops d2 di, formed onv each lever D DI, and which work side by side. vented from rising too far by means of similar stops, dL d, which come against the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the cavity C when necessary. When alink, G, has coupled a pair of cars for the desired time, and it is necessary to disconnect the cars, it is simply necessary to turn the shaft H, by means of the handle H, from the side of the car-in the case of a platform-car, or by means of the lever H2 and vertical rod IIS, leading to the roof in the case of a freight-car, when the lugs h h on the shaft H will immediately cause the levers D D'l to be separated, and the link G will be free to be drawn out by the adjoining car in which it is held, or otherwise.

The dotted lines I in Fig. l represent an ordinary coupling-pin, which is capable of being employedr in the hole z' when a link held by a common or other form 0f bumper-head is presented for coupling, and such link is not capable of being grasped by the claws or hooks d.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. The combination, with the' bumper A, formed in two pieces, A A2, and with a bellshaped mouth, F, of the levers D D2, provided with stops di d3 d* d", the cross-bar D, springs E E, and link G, all being arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

2. The bumper A, formed in two parts, A A2, each of which is constructed with a ange, A3 At, in combination with the levers D D2, hinged to a cross-bar, D, which is pivoted within the bumper, said levers being provided with stops d2 d;i d* di, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of August, 1882.

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